Facilities Technician

The Air Ambulance Service provides two very important functions, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) and The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA) which provides paediatric transfers across the UK.  Our objective is to save lives, utilising specialist pilots, doctors, and paramedics and with our work centered on saving lives, improving clinical outcomes and being able to react quickly and efficiently to emergencies.

We are at the forefront of innovative clinical care, and we challenge boundaries.

Every day our charity is tasked with a unique set of missions which we respond to with our fantastic services, all of which are funded entirely by voluntary donations, trading and fundraising activities we undertake.  This ethos remains at our core; we are here to work alongside and help the NHS without using their available funds.  The impact we make with our services is to keep people alive, keep families together, to let children grow into adults and to enable the NHS to carry out more work than they would have been able to without our support.

We also impact our communities by creating jobs, taking actions to improve the environment, bringing people together as volunteers and creating worthwhile training and experience opportunities.

Job Title: Facilities Technician

Location: Rugby, with travel to Derbyshire and Leicestershire

Full Time: 37.5 hours

Annual Salary: £26,896

Closing Date: 24th June 2025

Job Purpose

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for completing all allocated maintenance tasks ensuring completion is to a high & safe standard and to ensure that all works are completed in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with shop teams to understand works required in existing sites and ensure works carried out to a satisfactory standard within SLA (examples of which are, fabric work, plumbing, decorating, carpentry, re-lamping, landscaping).
• Ensure excess materials and tools are cleared from shop to the storage unit or disposal.
• Complete emergency works relating to shop closures & trading impact, where required coordination/work in unison with specialist contractors to minimise operational disruption.
• Close down/update work orders in teams.
• Completes all daily/weekly administration as required, accurately and on time.
• Complying with all statutory and Society Health, Safety and Fire Regulations and take all necessary action to avoid risk. (Including Working from Heights, Risk Assessment & Method Statement and Personal Protective Equipment policies).
• Ensure appropriate PPI is used where necessary
• Ensure the Maintenance containers are kept tidy and organised with an accurate asset register.
• To ensure materials and equipment is cared for and re-used where appropriate.
• Management of tools, stock & trade accounts.
• Undertake training as agreed with your line manager to achieve objectives of the role.
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Escalate any issues/concerns to the Facilities & Property Manager

Compliance Responsibilities

All colleagues hold additional responsibilities regarding:

• Health & Safety and Environment.
• Safeguarding
• Data Protection
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Quality

You are expected and encouraged to raise and escalate appropriately any potential breaches or areas for improvement regarding the above.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable evidence of behaviour in line with the core values of TAAS throughout career to date.
• Collaborative approach to achieving departmental and wider organisational objectives.

• Passion for the work that TAAS does.
• A flexible approach to allow adaptability to the changing needs of the organisation.

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Previous experience in a similar capacity and a relevant trade qualification.
• Experience of building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• A sound knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace
• Ability to use IT systems and Apps

The role is subject to a Basic DBS check.

Environment

TAAS is an inclusive working environment where Equality, Diversity and Human Rights are guiding principles, individuals are respected and a value of having a diverse workforce is recognised. The recruitment, employment and development of people are based on qualifications, experience and competency to do the job, eliminating personal bias or prejudice.

As an organisation, TAAS are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of children and vulnerable adults involved in any of our activities. Our commitment applies to all acting on our behalf, i.e., employees, contractors, volunteers, supporters, patient, donors and visitors, meaning that all have a responsibility towards safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom they have contact with. Any new staff starting with the organisation will need to be committed to Safeguarding, complete relevant Safeguarding training and report any concerns they may have. TAAS operate a safer recruitment process, as part of our Safeguarding policy, which includes identifying and rejecting anyone who may be a risk to vulnerable people. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this before the stated date, should the hiring manager deem there to be enough suitable applicants.